Scale.



B. n. EMANUEL.

SCALE.

APPLIOATIOB FILED MAY 21! IDQG.

902,953. Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

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M Benjamin D. Emanuel. W.

ATTORNEY.

B. D. EMANUEL.

SUALE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, $1308 902,953. Patented N0v.:3,1908

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SCALE.

To all whom 'it may concern:

lw it known that l. llnxJ-rum I). EMAN- tizia of Anderson. county ofMadison, and Stair of lndiana, have invented a certain new and usefulScale; and I do hereby de nlure that the. following is a full, clear,and exact description thrreot', rrfcreucc hein had to the accompanvingdrawings, in \vhic i like letters refer to like parts.

The object of this invention is to improve the ronstruction of computingscales, especially of the pendulum type, in order that. the lllusing andchart casing may readily be adjusted upon the haso at. the. desiredUsers of such scales are required to locate t lit in. Various situationsin their stores ttI'N yet in all situations it de irable thatthe housingbe turned at such an angle that the chart will face the operator in theposition that. he must occupy according to the situation of the scalewith reference to the counter and other objects irrthe store and withreference to the light. I

To that end one feature of the invention consists in mountiug thohousing on the base so it may be horizontally oscillated thereon andadjusted to various positions without in any manner interfering with theoperatious of the scale beam or other parts of the. device. To this endthe housing is fulrrumed on an upwardly extending pin from the base thatis in substantially vertical alinemeat with the connection between therear end of the scale beain and the actuating means above, so that towhatever position the housing may be oscillated, the relative positionsthe scale. beam, actuator and connecting means will he cousistentl maintained. Also, to that. end it, is desirable to provide a dash-potconstruction which is movable and which will not interfere withthe'oscillating movement of the housing.

The full nature. of my invention will be understood from theaccompanying druwings and the following description and claims:

In the drawings Figure. 1 is a front elevation of such a scale with thehousing not at. an acute angle with reference to the platform. 1' if. 2is a plan view of what; is shown in ig. 1, but with the load removed, analtered posit-ion'of the housing being indicatcd by dotted-lines and theposition of hidden parts being also shown bydotted lines. 1 lg. 3 is aside elevation of the scale Specification of Letters Patent.

Application tiled May 21, 1908.

Patented Nov. 3, I908.

Serial No. 434.081.

with the housing shown in alii'iouu'nt with the platform support and thelower part thereof and the adjacent parts of the base in \'t'l'll('itlsection, parts being broken away. Fig. -l is a vertical section on theline 4-4 of Fig. Pi. showing a part of the ronnection between the innerend of the scale beam and the indicator above. Fig. 5 is a horizontalsection on the line of Fig. 3, showing the housing in alinemrnt with theplatform 'stuiport. Fig. ti is the same as Fig. 5 with the housingturned at an angle. substantially as sltown in Figs. 1 and 2.

In detail, the scale herein has a hast.- it) with a post it having anarm 12 on which a scal beam 13 is fulcrurncd. said scale beam havingsecured (o it a tare beam 14 The platform 15 is carried by a platformsupport 16 that is pivotally mounted on the scale beam outside its in]iiml'n that. is. the scale brain is fulcruruod be veen the platform support and the inner end of the scale beam. at cording to the firstrn'inciple of leveriwe. load 17 is shown on the platform in T ig. l.

housing 20 rests uptm the base it) so as to be horizontnllv oscillatoryand adjustable about llit' pivot pin 21 that. extends up wurdly from thebase and tits in a bearing forming a part of: the casing 20. The. bot.-tom 23 of the. casing 20 has a slot 2-1 in it con centric with the pivot21. through which the dash pot 2:? extends. Said dash pot is socured ona base and at its upper end is connected with the arm 26 from .theweighted inner end 27 of the scale. beam 13 and which forms upart ofsaid scale beam. This arran eineht enables the housing to be adjusted toitl'erent; horizontal positions as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, without.interfering with the dash pot.

The chart casin 30 extends upwardly from and forms rou ly a. part of thehousing 20 in which the chart 31'is located. Over the face of this chartthe indicator 32 moves, said indicator being mounted on a shaft 33 thathas a counter-weight; 34 and pendulum 35. From the indicator shaft asteel ribbon 36 extends downwardly that forms a part. of the connectionwith the inner end of the scale beam. The lower part. of thisconnection, as shown in Figs 3 and 4 is swiveled, it con tasting of astirrup 37 with a horizontally extending rod 38 therethrough betweenwhich and the bottom of tho stirrup the in not end of the scale beamlies. A pin 40 is loosely pivoted in the upper part of the stirrup sothe stirrup can turn thereon and sold nn is connected by a hlorrli 41with this strip lli. 'lhe (EfJllHtlllt'LlUll is such that the weightedend 27 of the scale beuin always weight and draws down u )0 the saideonin-rtion be tween the scale lltlllIl'l and the indi ator shaft, so astodend to hold the iflt'liCnlnl at zero or to more it towards zero andalso to hold the pendulum 35 in a normally raised positionv When theload is applied, the weighted end of the stale beam is correspondinglyrelieved and moves upwardly, whereupon the pendulum 35 descends andmoves the indicator tlCl oss the face of the chart to the desired indicntion' thereon.

The pin 21, or in other Words, the pivotal connection between the baseand the housing, is located tinder and in vertical alinement with theconnection between the inner end of the beam and the indicator above. sothat to whatever position the housing may be turned and adjusted, the.said connection be tween to scale beam and the indicator will in no wisebe altered or affected. The housing is provided with a horizontal slot42 through which the scale beam extei'ids and which permits saidhorizontal. oscillation of the aising.

nit I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

i. A scale ineludin a base a honsin hm'izontally oseillntab e andadjustable on said hase an indicator mounted in the up- .per part ofsaid housing, ascale beam proet-ting into said housing, and @1connection Iii-tween said smile beam and indicator for controlling; thelatter, whereby the housing may llt' horizontally adjusted on the baseto |litle|wa|t positions.

L. scale inelndin a base, a housing horizontally oscillalahe on thebase, an indh'nloi' mounted in the upper part of the housing, a scalebean] pro ecting into the h using, and a vertically disposed connectionbetween the indicator and the scale hean'i, whereby the indicator iscontrolled by the scale beam, the pivotal connection b0- l\\tt'll thebase and housing being under and in vertical :ilineinent with saidconnection, whereby the connection between the lever and indicator willnot. be affected by any horizontal oscillations and the housing.

3. A scale inelndin horizontally osc-illatahe on the base and having abottom plate with a slotv therein, a dash pot on the base extendin upthrough said s of, an indicator mounte in the upper part of saidhousing, a scale beam project mg into said housing and connected withsaid dash pot, and a connection between said scale beam and indicatorfor ciimtrollirig the latter, wherehy the housin may he adjiistedwithout interfering with tlio dash pot.

In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presenceof the witnesses herein named.

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